'tomawey

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Penobscot wətamάweyi, Abenaki wdamô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /htə.ˈma.wej/, [tə.ˈmaˑ˧˦.weɪ˨]
- (Before a pause) IPA^(key): [-weɪ˨˦]

Noun

'tomawey inan

tobacco

Declension

Declension of 'tomawey [inanimate, -al plural]

	singular	plural
unmarked	'tomawey	'tomaweyal
possessed	utomawey	utomaweyol

References

Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing

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